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- Summary: The first full-length studio release from Damon McMahon's musical project Amen Dunes since 2018's Freedom features contributions from Kwake Bass, Christoffer Berg, Money Mark, Panoram, and Sam Wilkes.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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May 8, 2024Death Jokes is a complex chasm of fractured, intertwining ideas, songs that grasp for purpose, songs with drops of sorts.
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May 15, 2024Some tracks accordingly veer toward the solipsistic—”Exodus” pushes the newfound Arthur Russell-meets-Tim Buckley vibe a little past the point of viability. But even at his most bleakly compressed, McMahon can still produce a striking melody.
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May 20, 2024Much like its climactic track, Death Jokes is enigmatic, overwhelming, and even indulgent, but it is also a singular and stirring effort, one which rewards those who choose to untangle its knots.
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May 13, 2024The ideas on Death Jokes, his self-produced sixth album, are clearer. He is blunter and more forceful with specific meaning on this album than ever.
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May 10, 2024The album, true to its title, seems like a long and tortured joke with plenty of narrative that only the teller can fully grasp – at times the delivery is bravura and spellbinding, but too often it falls flat and loses momentum. There’s undeniably a great work of art in here among the clutter of scraps that McMahon has collected over the last few years.
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May 28, 2024Death Jokes works in places where Amen Dunes makes an intimate connection with his audience, something he has done throughout his career.
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Record CollectorJun 12, 2024McMahon's quivering tenor is a little mannered, but as the lush Round The World stretches its apocalyptic anxieties over nine shape-shifting minutes, you can't fault his questing ambition. [Jun 2024, p.101]